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Baldwin was the son of Odacre , and had been created first count of Flanders in 862 . Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with Judith , daughter of Charles The Bald . (Judith had previously been married to Ethelwulf and his son Ethelbald , kings of Wessex.) Charles was not pleased, and he had Baldwin Excommunicated . Baldwin responded by traveling to Rome to plead his case to Pope Nicholas I . When this was granted Charles relented and accepted the marriage. To give Baldwin proper status, Charles made him count of Ghent . In the following years Baldwin was also given the counties of Ternois and Flanders . Baldwin was succeeded by his son by Judith, Baldwin II Of Flanders . Through his descendants Matilda Of Flanders and Henry I Of England , he was an ancestor to the present-day British royal family including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her son Charles, Prince Of Wales . |
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